National Regional Profile: Higgins (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805103969   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
104
91
83
84
75
Unemployment rate%
5.0
4.7
4.5
4.5
3.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
261
267
268
261
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 634
1 658
1 682
1 700
-
Taxable income$m
64.7
67.7
71.7
77.5
-
Average taxable income$
39 580
40 813
42 617
45 571
-
Net tax$m
15.3
16.3
17.1
18.7
-
Average net tax$
9 336
9 804
10 190
11 027
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.6
24.0
23.9
24.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 505
1 510
1 529
1 538
-
Wage and salary income $m
55.5
58.1
61.5
66.3
-
Total income $m
58.7
61.1
64.5
69.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 891
38 441
40 219
43 098
-
Average total income$
39 016
40 432
42 153
45 389
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.1
49.9
49.7
49.4
-
Females%
49.9
50.1
50.3
50.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.9
20.3
20.1
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.6
26.3
26.4
27.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
20.3
20.4
20.5
20.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.9
22.0
21.1
20.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.4
11.0
11.8
12.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.3
5.1
5.3
-
Professionals%
-
18.0
18.5
18.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.2
7.4
7.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
7.0
7.2
7.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.1
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.2
19.6
19.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.8
3.1
2.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
9.3
9.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
4.5
4.2
4.2
-
Not Stated%
-
24.3
23.5
23.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
115
114
105
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.3
3.5
3.4
-
-
Total income$m
3.6
3.8
3.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 294
30 592
32 230
-
-
Average total income$
31 085
33 246
35 015
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
138
129
120
108
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
27
33
42
57
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
3
3
3
3
Total businessesno.
-
168
165
165
168
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
30
24
27
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
3
15
Total business entriesno.
-
-
33
27
42
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
33
18
15
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
0
Total business exitsno.
-
-
36
18
15
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year